Ruin and Rising (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #3)

by Leigh Bardugo

“Know that I loved you,” she said to the Darkling. “Know that it was not enough.”

But Ana Kuya used to tell me that hope was tricky like water. Somehow it always found a way in.

“You are all I’ve ever wanted,” he said. “You are the whole of my heart.”

Tamar sobbed. Tolya swore. And there it was again: the thready, miraculous sound of Mal drawing breath.